TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST PLAN

About:

• Both Israel and the Palestinians make non-negotiable claims over Jerusalem. The plan says Jerusalem will not be divided, and it will remain “the sovereign capital of the State of Israel”.
  
  
• The capital of Palestine can occupy far-flung eastern neighbourhoods lying beyond “the existing security barrier”, which can be renamed Al Quds, the Arabic name for Jerusalem.
  
  
• Israel does not have to dismantle any of its illegal settlements in the West Bank.
  
  
• To the Palestinians, the deal offers the possibility of a US-recognised quasi sovereign state that will not, however, have a standing army; they will also have to give up violent resistance to Israel, and ensure the disbandment of Hamas, which governs Gaza.
  
  
• Observers have said that the deal, which was drawn up without any meaningful Palestinian participation, is loaded in Israel’s favour.